Vigilance officials carried out raids at five residences of Deputy Commissioner of Excise, Cuttack, Dillip Kumar Nag. Warrants for the raids were issued by the special vigilance court, they said.

“Five teams are conducting raids at Dillip's five residences, the operation is going on,” vigilance officer S B Mishra said, adding that the officials have seized gold and cash from his Jagamara residence.

Nag could not give satisfactory answers when asked about the recovery of the large amount of cash, Mishra said. During the searches, vigilance officials seized movable assets, including a car and a jeep, worth Rs 17.40 lakh.